CIFA has celebrated its 85th anniversary and the fifth anniversary of its acquisition by Zoomlion Group. On 12.09.2013 CIFA officially opened its renovated Senago headquarters and production building
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On 13.09.2013 the Swiss Federal Council sent to Parliament a proposal amending the Federal Law on road transit in the Alpine region to allow the construction of a second tube for the Gotthard tunnel without increasing capacity.
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PPS has taken a foundation sponsorship at tunnelbuilder.es, the Spanish-language edition of tunnelbuilder.com aimed at Spanish-speaking tunnelling engineers around the world.
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Assembly of the TBM is underway on the site of La Maddalena in Val di Susa, Italy. Excavation of the first 200 m of the 7.5 km-long survey tunnel of La Maddalena
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The latest milestone in Costain’s EUR230 million contract on National Grid’s London Power Tunnels project, which is being constructed with Skanska,
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The Board of Ministers authorized additional work for the Almunecar (Taramay) - Salobrena (Lobres) section on the motorway A7, in the province of Granada, estimated value EUR30.12 million.
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The tunnelbuilder archive is a unique reference of 15 years’ operations in the global tunnelling industry, covering short and long projects from inception to completion,
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The largest parts of the EPB TBM built by NFM in France have arrived by ship in Porto Empedocle, in the province of Agrigento.
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Putzmeister is exhibiting at the Mining Technology Exhibition hosted by PeruMin at Arequipa 16-20th September, 2013.
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CBE Group is present in 18 Chinese cities and with a manufacturing plant in Yangling.
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Germany-based concrete and mortar technology specialist Putzmeister has appointed Dr Gerald Karch as CEO to succeed Norbert Scheuch.
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On 08.08.2013, 11.34 m-diameter Herrenknecht TBM Boorbara began excavation of the south tube of Skuiskil tunnel under the Ghent-Terneuzen canal. Excavation of the north tube, which started on 27.01.2013, ended mid-May.
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For driving the Eurasia tunnel beneath the Bosphorus, Turkish-South Korean construction consortium Yapı Merkezi Insaat ve Sanayi AS/SK Engineering & Construction ordered a specially developed 13.6 m-diameter Herrenknecht TBM Mixshield.
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Marti Group will employ four intelligent computer-controlled Sandvik DT1 series jumbo drilling rigs at 14.3 km-long Solbakk tunnel, the world’s longest subsea road tunnel
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For those who like railways, metros and tunnels, the ninth Railworld Summit takes place in Bangkok, Thailand 23-25th October, 2013.
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The British Tunnelling Society conference and exhibition is billed as the UK tunnelling event of the year, with over 50 booths sold.
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Call for papers for the fifteenth edition of this triennial event to be held at Hilton Hotel, Sydney 17-19th September, 2014.
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Metro Fortaleza will be the first application of Robbins EPBs in Brazil. Four 6.92 m-diameter machines have been ordered ahead of contractor selection.
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The first edition of the trade show dedicated to all product sectors related to underground, for the creation of underground works as well as the investigation and exploration of ground conditions, will take place on 17th-19th October, 2013 at Bologna Fairground.
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On 30.07.2013 TBM Bertha, involved in the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement
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Contractor Bayburt has ordered seven Sandvik rigs for its Turkish State Railway project
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International recruitment consultant iPS is currently looking for personnel for an upcoming project in Europe starting mid-September.
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Florian Mussner, provincial commissioner of public works at Bolzano, presented the 13 variants for the construction of a bypass in San Giorgio/Brunico.
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On 26.07.2013 the Robbins EPB, named Mom Chung, started digging, kicking off construction of San Francisco’s new subway tunnel.
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On 29.07.2013, after only eight months tunnelling, the 15.62-diameter TBM Martina, built by Herrenknecht for Toto Costruzioni Generali, broke through the 2,600 m south tube of Sparvo tunnel
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Terratec has completed factory acceptance tests for a 1.5 m-diameter microtunnelling system to be used in the Bangkok metropolitan area.
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Tunnelling has been concentrated in Italy, Norway and Spain over most of the 15 years during which tunnelbuilder has been monitoring activity.
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Major Russian and Brazilian delegations will be introduced at ExpoTunnel in Bologna, 17-19th October, 2013 as part of the internationalisation plan for the show.
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Just two weeks after Tony Kanaan set the fastest winning average speed of over 300 km/h in the Indy 500, a 37 year-old, 6.2 m-diameter Robbins
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On 18.07.2013 the fourth and last TBM, the S238 named Roberta driving the underground section between Monumentale and Tre Torri stations, reached Pozzo Orafi,
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At a large industrial auction held by Ritchie Bros. in Caorso (Piacenza) on 11.07.2013, a selection of 1,130 heavy equipment items and trucks were sold to a large crowd of bidders.
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Breakthrough in the second Val Sarentino road tunnel is scheduled for midday on 19.07.2013.
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The first parts of the 15 m-diameter, 100 m-long NFM TBM ordered for the twin 3.9 km tubes of the Caltanissetta road tunnel have arrived at site.
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On 20.07.2013 a public celebration took place at TBM Bertha’s launch site to mark the start of the SR 99 tunnel beneath Seattle.
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On 28.10.2009 the JV Astaldi (Italy), Gulermak (Turkey) and PBDiM (Poland) signed the EUR780 million contract for design and construction of Warsaw Metro Line 2,
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Just as you were thinking you might get a quiet, unstressed holiday season, the tunnelbuilder active tenders list has hit 70 for the first time.
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LONDON - A British court on Friday overturned government approval for the construction of a controversial road tunnel close to the Stonehenge stone circle, following opposition from ...
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Thames Tideway tunnellers have achieved a significant milestone linking up all three sections of the super sewer project for the first time. West main ...
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The Philippines and Japan on Tuesday, (July 27) formally signed an additional P116-billion (JPY253 billion) loan package to finance the building of the country’s first underground railway...
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All four of the Metro Tunnel’s tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are being retrieved from underground...
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A High Court judge has ruled that transport secretary Grant Shapps did not break the law when approving the £27.4bn Road Investment Strategy (RIS2)...
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The Formwork, designed and manufactured for the Tunnel des Evouettes, has been pre-assembled and inspected by the client...
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Major work is expected to start in the coming months, with the tunnelling contract awarded by the end of the year and tunnel boring machines in the ...
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The Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel Project will replace the 2.25km-long rail tunnel on the Northeast Corridor in Baltimore, Maryland, US. Project Type...
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ON the evening of Monday July 19, the tunnel boring machine that is working on the construction of the sanitation pipeline in Palma completed the ...
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Following the launch of HS2's first two giant tunnelling machines, Align JV have now begun excavating the first of five shafts that will provide ventilation and emergency access to the ...
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A 6.6m (21.8ft) diameter Robbins Crossover XRE TBM has made its third and final breakthrough for India’s Mumbai Metro Line 3. The project has an estimated cost of US$4.2 billion...
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Start time: 6.00pm AEST. The discussion will cover the concept of a system being an integration of people, process and technology, starting with the end in mind needing to understand the ...
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The construction of a large tunnel system in the District requires the ... To help mitigate construction impacts, D.C. Water partnered with three of the ...
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Join us to celebrate the launch of our tunnel boring machine Hiwa-i-te-Rangi with a self-guided tour of our Central Interceptor construction site. You will be able to immerse yourself in ...
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SCS's contract will involve the construction of a variety of structures and 21km of the line will be in a tunnel created using six tunnel boring machines.
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It is part of a major project to modernise the Trakia railway from Sofia to Bourgas, which has been under construction for 15 years. The hopes are that the ...
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The Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel is a construction project that will bring needed infrastructure improvement to east Dallas, Texas...
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Construction of the latest phase of National Grid’s London Power Tunnels will reach a major milestone later this month with the launch of its second tunnel boring machine (TBM) following ...
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KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): The first of two tunnel boring machines (TBM) which will be used to start excavation works for the Genting Tunnel as part of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project ...
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Singapore’s longest fully underground MRT line – Cross Island Line (CRL – CR108) will be linked to existing MRT lines for seamless connectivity...
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The new IMM management, which solved the financing problem of the lines, downloaded the TBMs (Tunel Boring Machine - Tunnel Boring Machines) ...
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This site known as the Southern laydown area will be used to assemble two tunnel-boring machines (TBMs) that will dig 4kms of tunnels for the new ...
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The Boring Company (TBC) unleashed its new tunnel boring machine (TBM) named Prufrock in Las Vegas recently. Prufrock may help Elon Musk's ...
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The largest construction project in Fort Wayne's history recently struck a new milestone with the conclusion of boring for a new sewer tunnel.
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Highways England is seeking feedback on changes to its plans to ...
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We are proud to introduce our renewed EFNARC C2 compatible VR concrete spraying training simulator! The video shows how industry professionals see the importance of operator competence in ...
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): It took over three years and involved boring through more than five miles of bedrock beneath the Summit City, and on Thursday morning, officials announced that the ...
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This month, James and Taylor are at Barn Elms to visit the greenest site on the Tideway project... and to recreate Ireland's famous goal against England at Euro '88...
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The Coffs Harbour Bypass project is a priority for the Australian and NSW governments as the Pacific Highway is a major contributor to Australia's economy. The bypass will be a key link in ...
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It's not every job that you get to use big pieces of machinery deep underneath Auckland...
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Contest to build Tesla of tunnel boring machines ... Musk's competition aim to revolutionise tunnelling methods so advanced smart and efficient ... and mathematics students have been ...
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The 110-year old Hudson River rail tunnels are used by 450 trains a day. Funding for the $11.6 billion project — $9.8 billion for new tunnel construction ...
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Highways England has launched the hunt for a Delivery Assurance Partner to support the delivery of its £1.7bn A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down upgrade past Stonehenge...
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Founder and president of the Himalaya Bachao Samiti Kulbhushan Upmanyu has pleaded for giving priority to the construction of the Chamba-Chowari tunnel beneath the Jot Pass...
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We've been given a first look at one of the completed Sydney Metro railway tunnels under Sydney Harbour. It'll connect North Sydney to Barangaroo. It's a massive project that's been ...
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Look back at the last 20 months of TBM tunnelling with a highlight reel of everything our mighty machines have accomplished so far...
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PAWTUCKET – The Narragansett Bay Commission last Friday broke ground on its Pawtucket Tunnel project, a milestone that’s seen plenty of advance legwork leading up to it...
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A new technical communication solution is now being used in the construction of the double-track railway through Moss...
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Specialist engineering and civils contractor J Murphy & Sons battled through the pandemic year to lift revenue by 26% to a record £1.1bn...
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